In 1957 Spur was acquired by Savage Industries, whose wartime role was to manufacture search lights and aircraft detection systems. With a strong engineering base, it propelled Spur from a single product brand to one that became a household name during the 1960s and 70s.

In the mid-1990s, Spur was taken over by Mckechnie, an industrial conglomerate that owned various home improvement manufacturers. McKechnie itself was then acquired by Newell Rubbermaid. 

The company says an influx of poor quality products from the Far East caused the Spur manufacturing operations to close in late 2006. However, in 2007 Storage Solutions rescued the former Spur Shelving facility in Devon, gradually acquiring the Spur assets and re-launching various product lines. 

Peter Sully, founder and MD of Storage Solutions, says: “Our ethos has been to improve the manufacturing efficiency and quality of our products, which are all made here in the UK. After 10 years of recessionary challenges we are now able to compete head on with the once cheap Asian competition. New products have expanded Spur from the Commercial and DIY sector to also offer industrial systems, and we hope that over the coming months and years we will see our products enter many new markets in the post-Brexit era.”